site

\sit\

/\sit\/ noun

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The verdict

“site” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #286 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#286
frequency rank, French
4
letters
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnem...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

site vs st
50% similar
site vs six
50% similar
site vs stp
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for site
PropertyValue
Headwordsite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sit\
Letters4
Frequency rank#286
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “site” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). site lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for site is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sit\. Corpus data places it at rank #286 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for site, with forms such as "iste", "siet", and "sitte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "st", "six", "stp", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is site, spelled S-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnement immédiat.
  2. 2
    Partie pittoresque d’un paysage.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de contenus, fichiers, pages, documents et d’applications placés sous une même autorité et accessibles par la toile à partir d’une même adresse universelle, typiquement un site web.
  4. 4
    Position sur une molécule ou sur une surface où à lieu une réaction, une adsorption, ou quelconque autre interaction chimique ou physique. S'utilise particulièrement pour les réactions catalytiques et enzymatiques.
  5. 5
    Site de pratique.
  6. 6
    Synonyme d’élévation : angle formé entre la ligne de visée (ou la ligne de mire) et l’horizontale.

Synonyms

site website Website Internet

This word in other languages

site(English)sitio(Español)Landschaft(Deutsch)sítio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iste,siet,sitte,ssite,stie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of site - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iste2siet2sitte1ssite1stie2
Edit distance from "site"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "site"?
"site" is spelled S-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sit\.
What does "site" mean?
As a noun, "site" means: Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnem...
What words are commonly confused with "site"?
"site" is commonly confused with "st", "six", "stp". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "site"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "site" is \sit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "site" come from?
"site" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “site”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “st” - see the side-by-side comparison. site vs st
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list